What are the important events that happened on November 28? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
November 28: Facts & Myths About This Day
November 28 is the 332nd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 33 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 15, 2025 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 29,404,800 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectatriacontadigon’ day.
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Sagittarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Topaz is the modern birthstone for this month. Pearl is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 81 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,725 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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November 28 Historical Events
- 1443 –Skanderbeg and his forces liberate Kruja in Middle Albania and raise the Albanian flag.
- 1666 –At least 3000 men of the Scottish Royal Army led by Tam Dalyell of the Binns defeat about 900 Covenanter rebels in the Battle of Rullion Green.
- 1729 –Natchez Indians massacre 138 Frenchmen, 35 French women, and 56 children at Fort Rosalie, near the site of modern-day Natchez, Mississippi.
- 1785 –The Treaty of Hopewell is signed.
- 1814 –The Times in London is for the first time printed by automatic, steam powered presses built by the German inventors Friedrich Koenig and Andreas Friedrich Bauer, signaling the beginning of the availability of newspapers to a mass audience.
- 1885 –Bulgarian victory in the Serbo-Bulgarian War preserves the Unification of Bulgaria.
- 1910 –Eleftherios Venizelos, leader of the Liberal Party, wins the Greek elections again.
- 1912 –Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.
- 1925 –The Grand Ole Opry begins broadcasting in Nashville, Tennessee as WSM Barn Dance.
- 1964 –Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 4 probe toward Mars.
Who were born on November 28?
- 1962 –Matt Cameron, American drummer (Soundgarden, Pearl Jam)
- 1963 –Jesus Ledesma Aguilar, Mexican convicted killer (d. 2006)
- 1964 –John Burkett, American baseball player
- 1964 –Michael Bennet, American politician
- 1964 –Roy Tarpley, American basketball player
- 1974 –apl.de.ap, Filipino-American rapper
- 1975 –Sigurd Wongraven, Norwegian musician (Satyricon)
- 1979 –Joel Maximo, American professional wrestler
- 1983 –Nelson Haedo Valdez, Paraguayan footballer
- 1985 –Caitlin McClatchey, Scottish swimmer
Who died on November 28?
- 1574 –Georg Major, German Protestant theologian (b. 1502)
- 1962 –Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (b. 1880)
- 1976 –Rosalind Russell, American actress (b. 1907)
- 1987 –Choh Hao Li, Chinese biochemist (b. 1913)
- 1992 –Sidney Nolan, Australian painter (b. 1917)
- 1994 –Jerry Rubin, American activist (b. 1938)
- 2000 –Liane Haid, Austrian actress (b. 1895)
- 2003 –Ted Bates, English footballer (b. 1918)
- 2006 –Lyubov Polishchuk, Russian actress (b. 1949)
- 2006 –Robert Volpe, Artist ,Art Theft Detective (b. 1942)
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